Senior Planner

Wates; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction company in Birmingham seeks a Senior Planner to join their team. This role involves managing complex projects throughout their lifecycle and requires strong analytical and planning skills. Benefits include a competitive salary, flexible working arrangements, and extensive corporate benefits aimed at supporting career development and family leave.

Benefits

Competitive salary & profit share scheme

Flexible working

Car Allowance / Company Car

Private Medical

Pension 8% employer's contribution

26 days holidays + bank holidays

Family leave benefits

Qualifications

• Proven analytical and planning skills.
• Experience in complex projects across multiple sectors.

Responsibilities

• Instigate and monitor performance measurement criteria.
• Ensure integration of design and procurement elements.
• Produce integrated tender programme and method statement.
• Review programme effect of changes and advise on EOT.
• Produce schedules and analyse quotes for preliminaries.

Skills

Analytical skills

Planning skills

Teamwork

Job description

Overview

Wates is looking for a Senior Planner to join our Construction Team. This role focuses on high profile, technically complex projects across multiple sectors. If you are passionate about teamwork, have proven analytical and planning skills, and want to elevate your career, apply to join a talented, diverse, and supportive team.

Location: Birmingham
Type: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Instigate and monitor a balanced suite of performance measurement criteria throughout a project's lifecycle
• Ensure proper integration of design and procurement elements of programmes with construction
• Produce integrated tender programme and method statement and present proposals to settlement meeting
• Change management: review programme effect of changes and advise on EOT issues
• Produce schedules as well as obtain and analyse quotes for all time-related preliminaries

WHAT WE OFFER

• Competitive salary & profit share scheme
• Flexible working
• Car Allowance / Company Car (subject to Role/Grade)
• Travel covered to any of our sites (subject to HMRC advisory rates)
• Extensive corporate benefits including Private Medical, Pension 8% employers' contribution, Health and Wellness programme, 26 days holidays + bank holidays and much more
• Excellent range of learning and development activity to support your career progression
• Industry leading family leave benefits: 26 weeks fully paid maternity, 12 weeks fully paid paternity

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Wates is one of the UK's leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies with a history spanning over 125 years. Our purpose is to reimagine places for people to thrive, guided by our three promises: Thriving places, Thriving planet, and Thriving people.

EQUALITY, DBS & PRE-EMPLOYMENT CHECKS

We are committed to equality and are proud to be recognised for this through Investors in People gold accreditation and as a Disability Confident employer. A Basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be required at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis, and recruitment processes do not discriminate based on criminal record. Some roles may require additional pre-employment checks.

To learn more about LIFE AT WATES, please visit our careers page.